While he used to have dreams of being a professional baseball player, institutionalized racism prevented this due to the color barrier not being broken in the MLB.
The Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play revolves around the 53 year old Troy and his family in the 1950’s.
While he used to dream big, Troy has lost the spark of life and excitement, and works a job he doesn’t particularly care for.
He eventually took a job collecting trash, and began his family while living in Pittsburgh.